Which to use
“permitidos” is a participle and “permitimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,930
- “permitidos” frequency rank
- #22,453
- “permitimos” frequency rank
- 41383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitidos | permitimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de permitido, participio de permitir. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permitidos and permitimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permitidos and permitimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: permitidos vs permitimos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: permitidos is [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞os] while permitimos is [peɾmiˈt̪imos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “permitidos” becomes m in “permitimos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permitidos is recorded at frequency rank #18,930, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞os]. permitimos is at rank #22,453, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪imos].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 41383, this pair ranks #153,949 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permitidos vs permitimos
Shared letters: eimoprst. Private to "permitidos": d. Private to "permitimos": -.
"permitidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "permitimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitidos ← eprmitidos · pemritidos · perimtidos · permiitdos · permitdios · permitiddos · permitidoss · permitidso
- permitimos ← eprmitimos · pemritimos · perimtimos · permiitmos · permitimmos · permitimoss · permitimso · permitioms
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permitidos" and "permitimos" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "permitidos" or "permitimos"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permitidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,949 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitidos" and "permitimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitamos vs permitimos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #153,949 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.